-άκι
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Etymology edit
Inherited from diminutive Mediaval Byzantine Greek -άκι (-áki) / -άκιν,[1] from diminutive Hellenistic Koine Greek -άκιον (-ákion).[2][3] A reanalysis of Ancient Greek diminutives formed with the suffix -ιον (-ion) from nouns ending in -αξ (-ax), stem -ακ- (-ak-), retaining or not retaining the diminutive sense.
Examples: the modern λαβράκι (lavráki) < Ancient Greek λαβράκιον (labrákion) from λάβραξ (lábrax, “seabass”), the modern ρυάκι (ryáki) < Hellenistic ῥυάκιον (rhuákion) from ῥύαξ (rhúax, “torrential stream, esp. of lava”), συάκιν (suákin) from σῦαξ (sûax, “a fish species”). See also ἱεράκιον (hierákion), καμάκι (kamáki) and αυλάκι (avláki).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-άκι • (-áki) n
- Added to nouns (chiefly neuter) to give a diminutive form, expressing small size or affection.
Declension edit
declension of -άκι
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Antonyms edit
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See also edit
Not suffixed with -άκι:
the neuters
References edit
- ^ -άκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ -άκι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ -άκι - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language